Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Vespasian's Camp is an Iron Age hillfort just west of the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England.The hillfort is less than 3 kilometres (2 mi) from the Neolithic and Bronze Age site of Stonehenge, and was built on a hill next to the Stonehenge Avenue; it has the River Avon on its southern side and the A303 road on its northern edge.
A Roman villa stood near the Avon, on a site now south of Netheravon House. [2] Domesday Book recorded three landholdings with a total of 132 households. [3]The Dukes of Beaufort had a large sporting estate at Netheravon in the early 18th century, which continued to be managed by their successors, the Hicks Beach family, until the end of the 19th century.
Sylacauga is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,578. [2] Sylacauga is known for its fine white marble bedrock. [3] This was discovered shortly after settlers moved into the area and has been quarried ever since. The marble industry was the first recorded industry in the Sylacauga area.
Grounds of Amesbury Abbey, Amesbury: Gate: 1775: 10 January 1953: 1131082: Baluster Bridge and Gate Piers: Bank House, later Marlborough House Westbury, Wiltshire: House: Early 18th century: 29 December 1950
Its closeness to Stonehenge has led to theories that it is the attraction that first brought hunters to the area, with the colour-changing stones giving the place a spiritual significance. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 4 ] [ 9 ] In 2019 it was the subject of episode 4 of season 1 of Lost Cities with Albert Lin .
Wilbury House or Wilbury Park is an 18th-century Neo-Palladian country house in the parish of Newton Tony, Wiltshire in South West England, about 8.7 miles (14 km) northeast of Salisbury. It is a Grade I listed building, [ 1 ] and the surrounding park and garden are Grade II listed .
Amesbury (/ ˈ eɪ m z b ər i /) is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is known for the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge which is within the parish. The town is claimed to be the oldest occupied settlement in Great Britain, having been first settled around 8820 BC. [ 2 ]
Amesbury Abbey is a Grade I listed mansion in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, built in the 1830s for Sir Edmund Antrobus to designs of Thomas Hopper. The house, which stands in Grade II* listed parkland, is now used as a care home. It takes its name from Amesbury Abbey, founded in about 979 on or near the same site.